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Libow, Schreier, & Munchausen by Proxy: Part 25 – Wrap Up

This post wraps up a long series of posts I did reviewing the scientific works of Drs. Judith Libow and Herbert Schreier that focused on Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSbP). Here is a succinct overview: Blog Posts and Topics Part 1 – Introduction: Discussion of the difference in perspectives of those who do public health […]
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Libow, Schreier, & Munchausen by Proxy: Part 24 – A Surviving Epidemiologist’s Perspective

In my last 23 posts, I review over 15 works on Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSbP) written by the psychologist-psychiatrist duo Drs. Judith Libow and Dr. Herbert Schreier. In this post, I will provide my opinion as to the take-home messages for an adult survivor of MSbP from their long literature. What Good was Done […]
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Three Generations Too Much: MSbP in my family

“Three generations of imbeciles are enough.” This well-known quote summed up the ruling of the Supreme Court of the US in the infamous case Buck v. Bell (1927), as written by Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. In the case of my family, I would say three generations of MSbP are too much. Yet, as I write […]
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Libow, Schreier, & Munchausen by Proxy: Part 23 – “A First Look” at Adult MSbP Survivors

In this series of blog posts, I review the scientific works of Drs. Judith Libow & Herbert Schreier with respect to their writings on Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSbP). In this post, I focus specifically on the only scientific publication the Proxy Project could find about adult survivors of MSbP. It is titled, “Munchausen by […]
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Libow, Schreier, & Munchausen by Proxy: Part 22 – Food Fight Continues

In this long series of posts, I catalogue the writings on Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSbP) by clinician-researchers Drs. Judith Libow and Herbert Schreier. I cover their early work, which includes a book called “Hurting for Love”, and I also cover a food fight they have in the literature with a scientist who attacks some […]
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